ace the charm of a millennium-old town, Songjiao Ancient Town one-day tour in-depth guide【Travel through time, savor the years
🌟🌊 **The charm of Songjiao Ancient Town**:🌊 This historical and cultural town located in Yongchuan District of Chongqing, named after the pine-covered mountains and nourishing rivers, has accumulated over 600 years of historical essence. The town maintains a simple and natural style, a haven from the hustle and bustle, and is an excellent destination for tracing historical traces and immersing in the original ecological life of an ancient town. 'A taste of the ancient town, ten miles of old streets, a century of vicissitudes, a thousand years of culture, the Yangtze River stretching for thousands of miles,' these five keywords vividly depict the core characteristics of Songjiao Ancient Town, captivating visitors!
🎯🗺️Specific travel strategies🗺️🎯
📍 **Morning session** - **Strolling through the old streets**:🚶♂️ The journey starts from the Luo's Ancestral Hall, exploring the legendary stories of the Luo family, walking on the old stone-paved streets filled with ancient charm, admiring those traditional wooden structures, and appreciating the profound heritage of 'nine palaces and eighteen temples'.
📍 **Afternoon time** - **Riverside frolic**:🏖️ Enjoy the water fun by the Yangtze River, experiencing the harmonious coexistence between the ancient town and the great river. Also, don't forget to visit the Xinyun Yarn Factory Exhibition Hall to perceive that segment of industrial history.
📍 **Dusk moment** - **Night colors of the ancient town**:🌆 Settle down in an old teahouse in the ancient town, savor a cup of covered-bowl tea🍵, listen to a piece of folk storytelling, or indulge in the beautiful scene of the sunset reflecting on the river surface.
🍴🍲Food recommendations🍲🍴
🍲 **The taste of Songjiao on the tip of the tongue**: Local salt-fried meat, nine big bowls of banquet dishes, stone-milled tofu pudding, and other authentic delicacies, rich in taste, leaving an endless aftertaste. Especially the fermented black bean fish🐟 from the time-honored restaurant, with its unique cooking skills, is truly a taste of heaven!
🚗Transportation hub🚗
• **Public transportation**: Departing from Chongqing city center, take the high-speed train directly to Yongchuan East Station, then transfer to a bus or taxi to Songjiao Ancient Town.
• **Self-driving tour**: With the convenience of Chengyu Expressway or Chongqing Ring Expressway, just navigate easily to Songjiao Ancient Town in Yongchuan District to arrive.
💡💡Travel Tips💡💡
💡 1. **Seize the best opportunity**: Visit the ancient town during non-holidays and early mornings or evenings on weekdays, when the tranquil atmosphere and lighting effects are perfect for photography enthusiasts📸.
💡 2. **Check the dynamics in real-time**: Considering that some historical sites may be under maintenance, please be sure to consult the latest information before traveling, and arrange your itinerary scientifically.
💡 3. **Participate in folk activities**: If you have the chance, consider joining local traditional folk activities, such as Dragon Boat racingrowing_boat during the Dragon Boat Festival, moon viewingmoon Viewing during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and deeply integrate into the local culture.
🌟During a whole day in Songjiao Ancient Town, you will feel like traveling through a time tunnel💫, stepping into a historical scroll that blends prosperity and tranquility, tasting the food nourished by the mother river of the earth, and experiencing the unique serene lifestyle by the Yangtze River. This is not just a trip, but a spiritual dialogue with ancient wisdom and historical change
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On the tenth day of the year, I took a car from Chongqing to check in. Raiders: From Alipay or Trip.com to Chongqing to Yongchuan Passenger Transport Center, to Yongchuan Passenger Transport Center, and then buy tickets to Songgai. The terminal is the location of the ancient town. You ask the flight attendant to know lightning protection: It is expected that Chongqing to Yongchuan by car is 1.5 to 2 hours. The car from Yongchuan to Songgai is a bus. There are more than a dozen stations. The station will stop. It takes about 1.5 hours, which means that the one-way is 3-4 hours. People in a hurry do a good planning summary: this ancient town is very small, a bit ancient, many shops are not open, not particularly good-looking self-driving tour is the best choice, I don’t feel that there is no need to come over, it’s really too far, or you find Yongchuan to stay for one night, I went to the ancient town early the next morning to play so I wasn't so tired
Today the weather is quite good, decided to go to Chongqing Yongchuan District for a day trip, the route is Chongqing main city - Songgai Ancient Town - Lehe Ledu - Chashan Bamboo Sea - Rose Garden Observation Deck - Chongqing. The first stop to Songgai Ancient Town is 102 kilometers away from the main city of Chongqing. The ancient town is quite big. We spent two hours, Lao Yongchuan County Anmen, Ziyun Palace, Pier and so on. Douhua rice eaten at the ancient town for lunch. The ancient town has no commercial taste, and it is worth a special trip. Free tickets. The second stop Lehe Ledu is mainly a water park wildlife in entertainment venues. The third stop is 38 yuan for tea mountain bamboo sea tickets, and the scenery along the way up the mountain is beautiful. When the fourth stop is down the mountain, go to the Rose Garden Observation Deck to view and see Yongchuan Xiuya Base. [View] Featured [Fun] Ancient Town Culture [Cost-effective] No tickets
Today the weather is quite good, decided to go to Chongqing Yongchuan District for a day trip, the route is Chongqing main city - Songgai Ancient Town - Lekoule - Shenv Lake - Chongqing. The first stop to Songgai Ancient Town is 102 kilometers away from the main city of Chongqing. The ancient town is quite big. We spent two hours, Lao Yongchuan County Anmen, Ziyun Palace, Pier and so on. Douhua rice eaten at the ancient town for lunch. The ancient town has no commercial taste, and it is worth a special trip. Free tickets.
Songgai Ancient Town has seven unique sayings, that is, "Yipin Ancient Town, Shili Old Street, 100 years of wind and clouds, thousands of texts, thousands of miles of Yangtze River". The characteristics of the ancient town are "three Qingqi", "three Qing" is a quiet environment, clean stone road, fresh river wind, "seven" is the Ming and Qing buildings, temples and temples (represented by Luojia Temple, Chenjia Temple), 5 kilometers of stone road, Confucius grave, Guxian Temple, Chen Gong Temple, Changjiang Wenzhongba (the largest dam in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, and the lowest land in Yongchuan). It is called the "Nine Palaces and Eighteen Temples" and can be called the "Yutang Museum", including Wenchang Palace (also known as Kongjia Temple), Zhangjia Temple, Yujia Temple, Luojia Temple, Youjia Temple, Chenjia Temple, etc.
I've been there twice, once just for fun, and the second for prayer. Both visits have prayed for blessings, donated a little incense, feeling quite effective, recommended to go to Ziyun Palace to pray for blessings, situated on the Yangtze River side of the Taoist concept. Otherwise, if you want to play, you can take 501 to the passenger transport center and buy Song Li's ticket at the passenger transport center. However, the journey is not very pleasant and quite bumpy. It is suggested that students with carsickness can buy some carsickness medicine or carsickness stickers at the station. Ancient town people like to keep cats, often see cats, where the cats are also very spiritual, scenic spots to go to the alley, walk more can be seen, you can enter from the direction of the car into the fork intersection, walk up to see a square, from the square into can turn, and then you want to go to Ziyun Palace, you can ask the local residents, in the ancient county Ya. On the other side, you have to take a trail to get up. There will be a Taoist monk there, who will not force you to donate incense. The scenery there is also OK. Behind the Ziyun Palace, you can overlook the Yangtze River and go around it. Personally, I think Song Zi is still worth visiting.